Wilton A. Barham Professor of Educational Leadership
Ph.D., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
318-274-2509; Fax: 318-274-6249
Email: Barhamw@gram.edu
In addition to teaching courses in introductory, intermediate and advanced research methods/designs and statistics, Dr. Barham was head of the department of educational leadership; director of doctoral programs; campus director for the Louisiana Education Consortium (LEC); and director of Desegregation Settlement Program III in the College of Education. He has considerable experience in learning centers. His many research interests include research methodology and design, multivariate statistical modeling, evaluation, and models of learning and instruction. Dr. Barham is co-editor of Selected Models of Developmental Education Programs in Higher Education (with Dr. Vernon L. Farmer), has authored or co-authored several book chapters in other edited volumes which include The Black Student’s Guide to High School Success; Black Student’s Guide to Graduate and Professional School Success; Teaching Culturally Diverse College Students in a Pluralistic Society; Meeting the Challenge of Cultural Diversity in Higher Education in the New Millennium; The Black Student’s Guide to High School Success; and Yearbook of Research on the Study of Developmentalism: Theory and Empirical Foundations. He has also published articles in Higher Education Abstracts, Resources in Education, Louisiana Education Research Journal, Research in Developmental Education; Journal of Research & Teaching in Developmental Education; and Educational Research Quarterly; and in conference proceedings. Dr. Barham was a Fulbright Professor at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica for the 2000-2001 academic year.
Vicki R. Brown Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Ph.D., Kent State University
Fax: 318-274-6249
Email: brownvr@gram.edu
Vernon L. Farmer Professor of Educational Leadership
Ph.D., The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
318-274-2300; Fax: 318-274-6249
Email: Farmerv@gram.edu
Dr. Farmer was Acting Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs and Graduate Dean at Grambling State University. He is a professor of educational leadership and previously Department Head and Director of Doctoral Programs. He has also held administrative positions at the State University of New York and the University of Michigan. He earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. Dr. Farmer’s publication record includes journal articles, book chapters, monographs, and books. He is editor of Meeting the Challenge of Cultural Diversity in Higher Education in the New Millennium and The Black Student’s Guide to Graduate and Professional School Success. He is lead editor of Selected Models of Developmental Education Programs in Higher Education and Teaching Culturally Diverse College Students in a Pluralistic Society. He is collaborating on several new books, including Nature and Needs of Developmental Learners in Postsecondary Institutions, and Fundamentals of Developmental Education: New Imperatives for Teaching and Research. Dr. Farmer was guest co-chair of the Journal of Research in Developmental Education (RIDE) and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Educational Reform (ER), the Journal of the Research Association of Minority Professors Journal (RAMP), the Journal of Developmental Education (DE) and the Educational Research Quarterly (ERQ). His research, teaching and service interest focuses on modeling in developmental education, student development theory and application, sociocultural and cultural diversity issues, and cultural pluralism in higher education. He is currently engaged in an investigation of factors affecting research and publishing at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Dr. Farmer is a member of the American Council of Graduate Schools (CGS), the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools (CSGS), the Council of Historically Black Graduate Schools (CHBGS), the American Association of Higher Education (AAHE), the Research Association of Minority Professors (RAMP), and the National Association of Developmental Education (NADE).
Andolyn B. Harrison, Professor of Educational Leadership
Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
318-274-3857; Fax: 318-274-6249
Email: Harrisona@gram.edu
Dr. Harrison has served in the capacity of Dean of the College of Education at Grambling State University for a period of five years. She has taught and continues to teach courses in Student Development, Teacher Education and Higher Education Administration and Management. Her research interests center around counseling students, in general – developmental students, in particular, leadership styles, teaching/learning styles and cultural diversity. Dr. Harrison has served on several state of Louisiana teams, commissions and task forces including the Higher Education Transition Team and the Blue Ribbon Commission for Educational Excellence (Appointed by Governor Foster); and the School and District Accountability Commission. She has served as the President of the Louisiana Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (LACTE), Member of the Louisiana Education Consortium Governing Board, facilitator for the Principals’ Induction Program and either authored or co-authored a chapter in several books: Counseling Culturally Diverse Developmental Students; An Alternative Assessment Model for College Administration and Matriculation; Making Connections: A Field-Based Model for Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Promote Literacy Learning; and co-author of Student Academic Underpreparedness: Effects on Faculty found in The Review of Higher Education.
Prentiss M. Love Professor of Educational Leadership
Ed.D., University of Massachusetts
318-274-2744; Fax: 318-274-6249
Email: Lovep@gram.edu
In addition to teaching courses in student development and postsecondary guidance and counseling, Dr. Love is interested in needs assessment of developmental students and program development for adult learners.
Bennie R. Lowery Professor of Educational Leadership
Ed.D., University of Southern California
318-274-6211; Fax: 318-274-6249
Email: Blowery@gram.edu
Dr. Lowery teaches courses in instructional design and technology and a core course in adult learning and development, the latter offered through the university distance learning center. Distance education, needs assessment, adult literacy, student motivation and educational technology are his research interests. His published work has appeared most recently in Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, Adult Learning and Technological Horizons in Education Journal.
Olatunde A. Ogunyemi Professor of Educational Leadership
Head, Department of Educational Leadership
Ed.D., Northern Illinois University
318-274-6105; Fax: 318-274-2475
Email: ogunyemio@gram.edu
Dr. Ogunyemi is director of the college of education’s educational resource center and the university’s faculty development program. He team-teaches a core course in problems and issues in developmental education – a telecourse offered through the distance learning center – and teaches courses in instructional design and technology. His research focuses on integration of technology into instruction. His work has been published most recently in International Journal of Instructional Media and Louisiana Education Research Journal.
Reubenson Wanjohi Manager of Statistical Lab/Assistant Professor
Ed.D., Grambling State University
318-274-2510/3442; Fax: 318-274-6249
Email: wanjohir@gram.edu
Dr. Wanjohi manages and coordinates the activities of the Advanced Statistical and Instructional Laboratory, assists students and faculty with research design issues and statistical analysis, teaches courses, and conducts workshops in instructional computing/technology, research design and statistical analysis.
William G. White, Jr. Professor of Educational Leadership;
Ph.D., Candidate, The University of Reading (England)
Ed.D., University of Louisiana at Monroe
318-274-2162; Fax: 318-274-6249
Email: whitewg@gram.edu
Dr. White’s usual courses include problems and issues in developmental education -- which he team-teaches with Dr. Ogunyemi -- administration of developmental programs, learning support centers in higher education, and courses in higher education administration and curriculum. His research interests center on higher education history, history of developmental education, learning center facilities and developmental program administration. Dr. White’s more recent publications include contributions to Martha Maxwell’s From Access to Success and articles in Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, Journal of Developmental Education and The Review of Higher Education.
Brenda J. Cooper
318-274-2238; Fax: 318-274-6249
Email: cooper@gram.edu
Ms. Brenda Cooper is the Administrative Assistant for the department.
